Farrera [14-18]

14. aon fhuaim bhriosc amháin –
guth na ngealbhan
sileadh an tsneachta leáite


15. aer tanaí an tsléibhe
gach áit: sna gága
gallchnó folamh


16. cnoic faoi shneachta –
béal an tsearraigh
breac le bainne na lárach


17. a sheanchloig
i dtúr Farrera de Pallars –
cathain a labhróidh tú arís?


18. an t-iora rua
(ar chrann nach n-aithním)
tá deartháir aige ag baile

written in the Catalonian Pyrenees, April 2003

© G.R.
Extraído de: unpublished manuscript

Farrera [14-18]

14. one crisp sound –
voices of sparrows
dripping of melting snow


15. thin mountain air
everywhere: rock crevices
empty walnut shell


16. snowcapped hills –
the foal’s mouth
flecked with mare’s milk


17. old tower-bell
in Farrera de Pallars –
when will you speak again?


18. the squirrel
(on a tree I do not know)
has a brother in my land

translated from the Irish by Gabriel Rosenstock